The article critiques Portland Public Schools (PPS) for its contradictory approach to equity, particularly in relation to Jefferson High School. It highlights a significant reduction in teachers at Jefferson due to low enrollment, which PPS claims is the cause of these cuts. However, ongoing construction delays and the school's status as a non-neighborhood institution contribute to enrollment issues. The piece argues that not designating Jefferson as a neighborhood school exacerbates demographic imbalances and overcrowding in other schools, raising questions about PPS's true commitment to equitable educational opportunities.
Like a good bureaucracy, PPS talks about equity while continually upholding inequitable practices.
Jefferson is losing roughly 25% of their teaching positions in this year's cuts, which PPS attributes to enrollment.
Not treating Jefferson as a neighborhood school enables imbalance in demographics across PPS schools, reduced enrollment at Jefferson, and overcrowding at Grant.
PPS’s supposed concern for equity fails to materialize in equitable opportunities for students at Jefferson, who are primarily black.
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